“Human suffering has been caused because too many of us cannot grasp that words are only tools for our use. The mere presence in the dictionary of a word like ‘living’ does not mean it necessarily has to refer to something definite in the real world.”
― Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene
“I mean, for example, none of us, probably, want to go to…[Read more]

I agree with Simcha. I am glad he picked this picture because I feel this picture can simply support his thesis statement. What you are under the eyes of science, doesn’t define who you really are. It is you who decides, who you want to be, what you want to be and what you want to do. It is your choice on how you live your life. Society can g…[Read more]

The article “A Journey Of Pain And Beauty: On Becoming Transgender In India” added to my understanding of how much people aren’t accepted in this world. It really helped showing me that we should be who we want to be and not what others want for us. It painted a picture to the reader of how difficult it is living and growing up in another cou…[Read more]

The article “All Made Up” is about sex and gender. The title relates to the context and the multiple messages the author is talking about because she talks about the different genders and sexes there are in the world. We are “all made up” if different aspects and characteristics. Even tho we are all equal or should be classified as equal, we are…[Read more]

I believe Evidence from the “Elements of the Academic Essay” by Gordon Harvey will help me improve my writing the most. Evidence is all about the data, examples, details and facts that you use to summarize or sup […]

The thesis of Alice Dreger’s Ted Talk is “Why do we let our anatomy determine our fate?” The passage I would like to talk about is at 3:36 from the transcript. Alice Dreger gives an example of a 19 year old man who […]